Actually, nothing special happened. I have got a new leather case for
notebooks for work and a new notebook with replaceable inserts for my
traveling (it's a 1/3 of width of A4 format so it is also ideal for
folding of printed train tickets inside).
I also have got a new fountain pen (the Kaweco Liliput) because it's
quite portable. I have a converter for it so I don't need to use ink
cartridges in most of cases (the converter is actually somewhat big for
so small pen so it cannot be filled completely with ink - but it seems
to be sufficient for me). A pen with cartridges would be better for
travelling by plane, I think. So I have 4 fountain pens for the moment.
I still have been using the Seiko 5 automatic wristwatch. It's original
band failed so I have swapped it for the one from one of my non-working
wristwatches.
There is no change in my film camera stuff. I still have (and use) the
Minolta XD5 and the Olympus [mju:]. Actually, the Olympus is the most
used because it's compact size. I only use the Minolta when I need
the zoom.
I also have the Smena 8M and the Agfa Click. The Smena is quite modern
but (being a cheap camera for masses) produces images somewhat inferior
to the cameras mentioned above. It has no rangefinder, too. I have and
external Smena rangefinder but it's hard to use with my bad eyes.
The Agfa is ever simpler (it's a 1950s camera but its technology little
changed from 1930s ones- the Smena is far, far superior to it) but it's
my only camera for the 120 films. And it can make great pictures it a
good film is used. It is also very light if bulky (it's all-plastic
with no sophisticated moving parts or other such things).
Well, bikes. Some 4100 km in 2024. Many tyre/tube failures (I had 1
puncture in almost 10 years but there were about 10 in 2024!), had an
accident (the driver didn't noticed me at a crossing) with a car but I
also got many good rides in 2024 (the longest one was just under 140 km
anyway). Interestingly, the most of mechanical failures were on my
wife's bikes (she does NOT ride as much I do) but she got no punctures.
I have built one bike from old parts just to damage it in that incident
with a car a few months later...
Interestingly, there was no one trip outside the country. Even in Covid
times there were some visits to the Slovakia at least. But in 2024
there was nothing.
